#56359B#56359B

#56359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.158 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56359B
RGB	rgb(86, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 38.86, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 63.83, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0628 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.158 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0256, 6.8909, 31.7531)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56359B #7A9B35

analogous

#35479B #56359B #89359B

triadic

#56359B #9B5635 #359B56

tetradic

#56359B #9B3547 #7A9B35 #359B89

square

#56359B #9B3547 #7A9B35 #359B89

split-complementary

#56359B #9B8935 #479B35

monochromatic

#231640 #3D256D #56359B #724CC2 #9679D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#56359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#56359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56359B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56359B	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.158 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6eb9',
    500: '#56359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56359b;
$custom-light: #8b6eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42676,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56359B

secondary

#A3BA72

accent

#D94FAC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56359B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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